More Beatles on Film: Showtime to Show McCartney 9/11 Documentary

The Love We Make, a documentary tracking Paul McCartney through New York in the aftermath of 9/11, will premiere on Showtime on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the terror attacks.

The film, directed by documentary icon Albert Maysles (Gimme Shelter, Grey Gardens) and Bradley Kaplan and sneak-screened as a work in progress last month at Sheffield Doc/Fest, will officially debut at 9pm Eastern and Pacific time on September 10.

McCartney saw the devastation in Manhattan first-hand after his scheduled flight out of New York on September 11, 2001 was grounded by the attacks. The Love We Make chronicles the planning and staging of his benefit Concert for New York City on October 20, 2001 and features appearnaces by Mick Jagger, Keith Ricards, David Bowie, Jay-Z, and The Who.

The film also reunited McCartney with “direct cinema” and music doc pioneer Maysles, whose first feature-length film, What’s Happening! The Beatles in the USA (co-directed with his late brother David), chronicled the Beatles’ 1964 arrival in America.

It’ll be the second major music doc premiere in as many months for Showtime, which also snagged broadcast rights to the Kings of Leon story Talihina Sky, set to air August 21.